Name: James H. Yiengst
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 55
Date of Incident: 03/30/2017
Time of Incident: 1714hrs
Date of Death: 04/01/2017
Fire Department: Keystone Hook and Ladder Co #1
Address: 25 S Railroad ST, Myerstown, PA 17067-1342
Fire Department Chief: Jason “Jake” Belleman
Incident Description: Firefighter Yiengst responded with his fire department to a motor vehicle accident (MVA) on the evening of March 31, 2017. The next morning, April 1, 2017, emergency medical services were summoned to his residence. Firefighter Yiengst indicated to one of his family members that he began feeling ill while at the MVA the previous evening. Firefighter Yiengst was treated and transported to the hospital where he passed away from a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be reported.
Incident Location: East Lincoln AVE and N Railroad ST, Myerstown, PA